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Pete Wishart vs Mr Douglas Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 89 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 55 different votes 89 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 71% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 16 No
Tax 19% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API